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“Leal Conselheiro, escrito pelo Senhor Dom Duarte, Rei de Portugal e do Algarve e Segnhor de Ceuta, trascrito do manuscrito extante na Biblioteca Real de Paris, Typ. Rollandiana, Lisbon, 1943”
Bem Cavalgar (1391–1438) said by 1438 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When pride and presumption walk before, shame and loss follow very closely.”
Louis XI (1423–1483) said by 1483 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Gleason's Pictorial, vol. 5, no. 1 (2 July 1853), p. 175
“Moche Crye and no Wull.”
John Fortescue (1394–1479) said by 1479 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Ch. 10 (ed. Fortescue-Aland, 1714); reported in Bartlett's, 10th ed. (1919), p. 7
Also quoted by: Geoffrey Chaucer
“Whoever wishes to escape, let him save himself if he can; and whoever is ready to face death, let him follow me!”
Constantine XI Palaiologos (1404–1453) said by 1453 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Final order to his suite. Spandugin Cantacuzin, Comentari, p. 190–6. C. Mijatovich (1892) p. 220
“When Percivale and Bors saw Galahad dead they made as much sorrow as ever did two men. And if they had not been good men they might lightly have fallen in despair.”
Thomas Malory (1405–1471) said by 1471 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In order to see the boundaries of the probabilities, we need to try impossible.”
Mehmed II (1432–1481) said by 1481 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Fortunam Inveni portum spes et fortuna valete Nil mini vobiscum ludite nunc alios.”
Janus Pannonius (1434–1472) said by 1472 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Inscription on the tomb of Francesco Pucci in the church of St. Onuphrius (St. Onofrio), Rome. Translation by Burton, , Part II, Section III. Memb. 6. Quoted by him as a saying of Prudentius. Attributed to Janus Pannoni…
“...you shall never hold the Kingdom of France from God, the King of Heaven, the son of St. Mary; but King Charles, the true heir, will hold it; for God, the King of Heaven wishes it so....”
Joan of Arc (1412–1431) first seen 1429 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From her ultimatum to the English commanders at Orleans, dictated to a scribe on 22 March 1429; excerpt from the translation in "Joan of Arc: Her Story" (1999) by Regine Pernoud and Marie-Veronique Clin, p. 34.
“…The Rãjã of Îdar ran away to the mountains and on the fourth day the Sultãn started from Morãsã and halted near Îdar. He ordered that the houses and temples of Îdar should be destroyed in such a way that no trace of them should remain.”
Muzaffar Shah I (died 1411) said by 1411 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sultãn Muzaffar Shãh II of Gujarat (AD 1511-1526) Idar (Gujarat) Mir‘ãt-i-Sikandarî in S.A.A. Rizvi in Uttara Taimûr Kãlîna Bhãrata, Aligarh, 1959, Vol. II, p. 350
“Royal authority is a noble and enjoyable position. It comprises all the good things of the world, the pleasures of the body, and the joys of the soul. Therefore, there is, as a rule, great competition for it. It rarely is handed over (voluntarily), but it may be taken away. Thus, discord ensues. It leads to war and fighting, and to attempts to gain superiority.”
Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) said by 1406 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Muqaddimah, Translated by Franz Rosenthal, p. 123, Princeton University Press, 1958.
“Misfortune comes uninvited”
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368–1437) said by 1437 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The universe will sustain only if the forests sustain.”
Nund Rishi (1378–1439) said by 1439 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Retrieved from The Contribution of Shaikh Noor Ud din As a pioneer Environmentalist., p.783 on 24 November 2023
“And therewith kest I doun myn eye ageyne, Quhare as I sawe, walking under the tour, Full secretly new cummyn hir to pleyne, The fairest or the freschest yonge floure That ever I sawe, me thoght, before that houre, For quhich sodayn abate anon astert The blude of all my body to my hert.”
James I of Scotland (1394–1437) said by 1437 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I your own in every humble wise have me ventured to make this little simple book which I recommend and submit to your noble and wise correction, ...”
Edward, 2nd Duke of York (1373–1415) said by 1415 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The people of Samarqand were shocked and surprised on knowing that the learned men of Islam in those lands had adopted the ways and customs of the infidels. I told them that I had seen the ulema and the Qadis of those lands with my own eyes and witnessed their (mis)deeds.”
Zain-ul-Abidin (1401–1470) said by 1470 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Non omne, quod fulget, est aurum.”
Gabriel Biel (1418–1495) said by 1495 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Colui che scomunica me scomunica Dio.”
Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498) said by 1498 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A History of the Church: The Revolt Against the Church: Aquinas to Luther, (1947, 1979, 1993), by Philip Hughes, Vol. 3, p. 493 Google books file
“The Christian who does not now render assistance in following up the victory God has granted proves himself unworthy of divine favours.”
Pope Callixtus III (1379–1458) first seen 1456 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Cardinal Alain (8 October 1456) after the Siege of Belgrade, quoted in Ludwig Pastor, The History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages, Volume II (1891), p. 379
“He who obeys God needs no other authority.”
Petr Chelčický (1390–1460) said by 1460 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was out of his devotion to the religion of the Turushkas, not out of antipathy towards the twice-born, that he oppressed the Brahmanas; and hence his victims did not much complain. This was what Suhabhatta told them inorder to remove the impression which his actions created that he had antipathy towards the Brahmanas.”
Jonaraja (died 1459) said by 1459 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thereafter in AH 823 (AD 1420-21) he proceeded to different parts of his Kingdom for establishing order and good government… He got temples demolished and palaces and mosques constructed in their stead…”
Ahmad Shah I (1389–1442) first seen 1411 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sultãn Ahmad Shãh I of Gujarat (AD 1411-1443) General Order Mir‘ãt-i-Sikandarî in S.A.A. Rizvi in Uttara Taimûr Kãlîna Bhãrata, Aligarh, 1959, Vol. II, p. 273 , in Hindu Temples, vol 2
“The people who have discovered something important in any of the more noble arts have principally done so when they have abandoned the body and taken refuge in the citadel of the soul.”
Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499) said by 1499 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“De chiens, d'oyseaulx, d'armes, d'amous," Chascun le dit a la vollee, "Pour une joye cent doulours.”
François Villon (1431–1463) said by 1463 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source